Abortion+Deaths+-+W-Z

Each woman's story includes whatever documentation I can find to substantiate her death.


 * ** Women's Stories ** || Explore More by Time Frame || All Deaths by Name ||
 * * "**@Cathy W.,"** July 11, 1909 Age: 24
 * Verified self-induced with catheter
 * **Margaret Wagner,** January 23, 1912 Age: 33
 * Midwife Caroline Orbach (?)
 * **@Sophie Wagner**, May 2, 1913 Midwife Margaret Widemann, Chicago
 * **@Stella Wagner**, January 14, 1915
 * Unidentified person
 * **Eshter Wahlstrom**, December 1, 1928 Age: 23
 * Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago
 * **Catherine Wainwright**, August 26, 1922
 * Undetermined
 * **Pamela Wainwright**, January 16, 1987 Age: 37
 * Shallowford Community Hospital, Georgia
 * **@Margaret Waldon**, April 15, 1916 Age: 33
 * Undetermined
 * **Willie Pearl Walker**, June 1, 1926 Age: 18
 * Dr. Thomas Ney, Chicago
 * **@Bessie Wallace**, March 6, 1915
 * Undetermined
 * **Lynette Wallace**, September 27, 1975 Age: 22
 * Inglewood Women's Hospital
 * **Stella Wallenberg**, September 14, 1928 Age: 20
 * Lay abortionist w/physician accessory
 * **Nellie Walsh**, February 12, 1907 Age: 28
 * Dr. Adolph Buettner, Chicago
 * **Debra Walton**, September 25, 1989 Age: 35
 * Unspecified physician, Birmingham, AL
 * @Dorothy Ward, June 21, 1932 Age: 18
 * Dr. C. A. Rucker charged with murder
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/JaneWardSmall.png width="77" height="92"]]**Jane Ward** October 28, 1947 Age: 22
 * Dr. Paul Singer, New York
 * [[image:NancyWard_TN.jpg width="71" height="93" link="cemeteryofchoice/Nancy Ward"]]**Nancy Ward** February 8, 1968 Age: 19
 * Dr. Richard Mucie, Kansas City, MO
 * **Martha Watson**, February 23, 1928 Age: 26
 * Undetermined
 * **Nicey Washington**, June 6, 2000 Age: 26
 * Ambulatory Surgical Center, Brooklyn, NY
 * **Sheila Watley**, December 29, 1987 Age: 31
 * Dr. Richard Cunningham
 * Concerned Women's Center, Houston, TX
 * **Diane Watson**, August 29, 1987 Age: 27
 * Dr. Rudolph Moragne Hedd Surgi-Center, Chicago, IL
 * **@Virginia Watson**
 * [[image:VirginiaWatsonTN.jpg width="69" height="77"]]
 * November 29, 1954 Age: 32
 * Lay abortionist Roger Brenon
 * **Dorothy Webber**, February 26, 1943 Age 20
 * Dr. Henry Gross (?)
 * **Amelia Weber**, May 19, 1858 Age: 28
 * Dr. Charles Cobel, Brooklyn, NY
 * **Ingar Weber**, January 26, 1990 Age: 28
 * Delta Women's Clinic, Baton Rouge, LA
 * **Susan Webster**, August 16, 1858 Age: 20
 * Dr. David R. Brown, Boston
 * **Ruth Weir**, February 16, 1929 Age: 25
 * Dr. Maurice Sturm, New York
 * **Anna Welger**, February 27, 1926 Age: 36
 * Midwife Theresa Struhala, Chicago
 * **Robin Wells**, August 2, 1981 Age: 27
 * Dr. Max Gaujean
 * Akron Center for Reproductive Health, Ohio
 * **Elizabeth Welter**, September 14, 1925 Age: 19
 * Dr. Lucy Hagenow, Chicago
 * **Irene Wengel,** June 12, 1902
 * Dr. Frederick Weightnovel, Tampa, FL
 * **Belle Wertz,** December, 1874
 * Dr. Hilt, Cincinnati, OH
 * **Ta Tanisha Wesson**, February 1, 1995 Age: 24
 * Family Planning Associates Medical Group (NAF)
 * **Zilphia West**, December, 1874 Age: c. 20
 * Undetermined
 * **@Mary Wheat**, October 8, 1899 Age: c. 30
 * Dr. S. M. Jenkins (?)
 * **Alice White **, July 2, 1891
 * Dr. Scott Helm
 * **Ellen White **, January 10, 1907 Age: 36
 * Midwife Ellen Watchek, Chicago
 * **@Lola Whiteman**, December 11, 1928 Age: 21
 * Midwife Mary Murwaski, Rockford, IL
 * **Mary Whitney ,** May 17, 1924 Age: 26
 * Dr. Lou E. Davis, Chicago
 * **Rauka Wilen **, January 13, 1911 Age: 27
 * Midwife Mary Rominel, Chicago (?)
 * **Jessie Wicks **, February, 1854
 * Possible lay abortionist Mrs. M.J. Bord
 * **Hazel Wilcox **, March 16, 1915 Age: 19
 * Midwife Julie Petera, Chicago
 * **Ada Williams **, February 20, 1916 Age: c. 27
 * Dr. Noble O. Hamilton, Denver, CO
 * **Chivon Williams**. May 19, 1995, Age 16
 * Dr. Alberto Hodari, Detroit, MI (NAF)
 * **Ellen Williams**, March 6, 1985 Age: 38
 * Dr. Chartoor Singh Dadeland, Miami, FL
 * **Madell Williams **, July 1, 1936 Age: 19
 * Unspecified
 * **Mary Williams**, September 15, 1925 Age: 25
 * Unspecified
 * [[image:MerlWilliamsTN.png width="81" height="115" link="cemeteryofchoice/Merl Williams"]]**Merl Williams** April 24, 1937 Age: 21
 * Midwife Cordelia Moore, Oklahoma
 * **Nichole Williams**, April 25, 1997 Age: 22
 * Dr. Robert Crist
 * Reproductive Health Services, Kansas City, MO (NAF)
 * **Sandra Williams**, December 13, 1984 Age: 30
 * Unspecified legal abortion facility, Pennsylvania
 * **Shirley Williams**, January 12, 1980 Age: 30
 * Unspecified legal abortion facility, Louisiana
 * **Julia Williamson**, June 6, 1907 Age: 29
 * Midwife Emily Redemski, Chicago (?)
 * **Tanya Williamson**, September 7, 1996 Age: 28
 * Dr. Moshe Hachamovitch, New York
 * **@Vivian Willis,** March 3, 1928 Age: 21
 * Unidentified practitioner
 * [[image:LakishaWilsonTN.jpg link="Lakisha Wilson"]]**Lakisha Wilson**
 * March 28, 2014 Age: 22 Preterm Clinic
 * [[image:Loretta Wilson TN.jpg width="78" height="87" link="cemeteryofchoice/Loretta Wilson"]]**Loretta Wilson**
 * December 23, 1934 Age: 19
 * Dr. John Becker, New York
 * **@Mary Ann Wilson**, 1837
 * Unspecified physician, Lowell, MA
 * **Carole Wingo**, July 22, 1974 Age: 22
 * Mercy General Hospital, Detroit, MI
 * **Mrs. Fred Winkleman**, July 21, 1886
 * Husband a suspect, no prosecution
 * **Otilia Winkler**, March 2, 1906, Age 23
 * Midwife Wilhemina Benn, Chicago (?)
 * **Elizabeth Winter**, November 11, 1916 Age: 28
 * Cecelia Stejskal, Chicago, profession not determined
 * **Miss Winter**, July, 1876
 * Abortifacient from unspecified source
 * **Emma Witte**, August 20, 1913 Age: 20
 * Dr. Otis Walker, Chicago
 * **Minnie Wittenborn**, January 13, 1880 Age: 21
 * Undetermined
 * **Mary Wojnovich,** March 2, 1918 Age: 26
 * Verified self-induced with wooden stick, Pittsburgh, PA
 * **Grace Wolf,** December 3, 1917
 * Dr. C. Allen Snyder, Dubuque, IA
 * **Virginia Wolfe,** July 10, 1998 Age: 33
 * Dr. Lillian Jones
 * Methodist Women's & Children's Hospital, Bexar Co., TX
 * **Emma Wolfer,** May 4, 1865 Age: 18
 * Dr. Charles Cobel, New York
 * **Darlene Wood,** July 7, 1982 Age: 23
 * Dr. Regna Rajan Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
 * **Elvira Woodward,** April 27, 1871
 * Dr. Charles P. Wood, Manchester, NH
 * **Florence Wright,** January 12, 1909 Age: 34
 * Midwife Louisa Achtenberg, Chicago
 * **Gail Wright**, March 26, 1986 Age: 29
 * Unspecified legal facility, New Jersey
 * **Virginia Wyckoff,** April 24, 1932 Age: 21
 * Dr. J. W. Eisiminger, Oklahoma City, OK
 * **Gertrude Wynants**, July 19, 1925 Age: 17
 * Possible lay abortionist Margaret Shott Higgens, New York
 * **"@Tessa Z.,"** June 22, 1909 Age: 29
 * Unspecified midwife, Chicago
 * **@Jennie Zablinien,** June, 1916
 * Undetermined
 * **Mrs. Vladislaw Zapanc**, August 26, 1917 Age: 28
 * Undetermined practitioner
 * **Stanislawa Zagonski**, September 30, 1904
 * Possible lay abortionist Mrs. Alexander Wojtanowski, Chicago, IL
 * [[image:cemeteryofchoice/StacyZallieSmall.jpg width="65" height="91"]]**Stacy Zallie**
 * October 1, 2002 Age: 20
 * Dr. Steven Chase Brigham
 * American Women's Services, Cherry Hill, NJ
 * **Margaret Zito,** December 7, 1925 Age: 18
 * Undetermined
 * **@Josepha Zrowsky**, February 23, 1915
 * Self-induced, unspecified method, Chicago ||
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